Day 42, April 25, 2017

04/25/17
Day 42
Extreme Accountability Challenge
Total weight loss to date 34 pounds

I could have used the picture of my scales from yesterday, but I didn’t, the weight is the same. Sometimes victories are immediately evident from the reading on the scales sometimes it’s just the satisfaction of knowing that I made it through another day, sticking to my plan without wavering one bit. Sunday it was a birthday party, the temptations of cake, a meal from a restaurant that serves pizza, chips, hamburgers then Monday it was a meeting at a barbecue restaurant with everything from chicken, ribs, turkey, desserts, and oh did I mention that there was barbecue? Sunday I had water, Monday I splurged with a glass of unsweetened iced tea.
Keep in mind, if you weren’t watching, I would have had some of everything and just chalked it up to another failed diet, those things never work you know, and I would have started another one in a week or two or a month or two.
The difference this time, you were watching, and I’m done, really done with living that way forever. Life is precious and I for one have taken it for granted too long.
I’ve lost friends to diseases, accidents, heart attacks, and on and on. Why in the world would I or anyone else continue to take this gift of life for granted. I have a friend that is fighting for his life from an auto accident from a few days ago, his children wife and friends would do anything to have him well again, and I pray that he will be. If you’re reading this and you have weight to lose, why won’t you do something about it, I sat where you sit, I still have plenty to lose but I will get it off. I plead with you for your family for yourself, stop killing yourself with 1000 cuts. The knife that you use of overeating is just as lethal as anything else. Take it seriously today.